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Eastern European Studies April 2, 2023

Rain of Ash

Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust

Ari Joskowicz

Hosted by Vladislav Lilic
Dr. Ari Joskowicz, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History at Vanderbilt University, is the author of Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust (Princeton University Press, 2023). Jews and Roma …

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British Studies April 1, 2023

The Age of the Gas Mask

How British Civilians Faced the Terrors of Total War

Susan R. Grayzel

Hosted by Julia Gossard
On this episode, we sit down with Dr. Susan R. Grayzel, Professor of History at Utah State University to discuss The Age of the Gas Mask: How British Civilians Faced …
Almost Good Catholics March 30, 2023

Gary Kulik: Conscientious Objector Who Served in Vietnam

The Catholic Doctrine of Just War and How to Apply It

Gary Kulik

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
Gary Kulik was a Catholic Conscientious Objector (CO) during the Vietnam War, but when he was drafted he decided to go and serve as a medic. He tells me about …
Latin American Studies March 29, 2023

Cooperating with the Colossus

A Social and Political History of US Military Bases in World War II Latin America

Rebecca Herman

Hosted by Rachel Newman
During the Second World War, the United States built over two hundred defense installations on sovereign soil in Latin America in the name of cooperation in hemisphere defense. Predictably, it …
Military History March 27, 2023

The Last Letter

A Father's Struggle, a Daughter's Quest, and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust

Karen Baum Gordon

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
Born a German Jew in 1915, Rudy Baum was eighty-six years old when he sealed the garage door of his Dallas home, turned on the car ignition, and tried to …
Military History March 26, 2023

Black Cloud Rising

A Novel

David Wright Faladé

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia, and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. Thousands of freed slaves and …
Critical Theory March 21, 2023

Combat Trauma

Imaginaries of War and Citizenship in Post-9/11 America

Nadia Abu El-Haj

Hosted by Stephen Dozeman
One of the most recognizable tropes in American society in the past few decades is the scarred war veteran, returning from foreign lands with wounds both visible and invisible …
Military History March 21, 2023

Liberty Is Sweet

The Hidden History of the American Revolution

Woody Holton

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious …
Military History March 19, 2023

White Knights in the Black Orchestra

The Extraordinary Story of the Germans Who Resisted Hitler

Tom Dunkel

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
They were a small group of conspirators who risked their lives by plotting relentlessly to obstruct and destroy the Third Reich from within. The Gestapo nicknamed this shadowy confederation of …
Military History March 19, 2023

Mercy

Humanity in War

Cathal J. Nolan

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Mercy: Humanity in War (Oxford University Press, 2022) gathers and explores acts of singular mercy, giving them form and substance across wars, causes, and opposing uniforms. These acts demand our attention …
Military History March 18, 2023

The Island of Extraordinary Captives

A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp

Simon Parkin

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp (Scribner, 2022 is the “riveting…truly shocking” (The New York …
Canadian Studies March 18, 2023

Double Threat

Canadian Jews, the Military, and World War II

Ellin Bessner

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Today I talked to Ellin Bessner about her book Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and World War II (New Jewish Press, 2018). "He died so Jewry should suffer no more." …
National Security March 17, 2023

Original Sin

Power, Technology and War in Outer Space

Bleddyn E. Bowen

Hosted by Samuel Canter
Space technology was developed to enhance the killing power of the state. The Moon landings and the launch of the Space Shuttle were mere sideshows, drawing public attention away from …
Military History March 17, 2023

Conquer We Must

A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945

Robin Prior

Hosted by Philip Blood
The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914-1945 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of history. But how did Britain develop …
MIT Press Podcast March 14, 2023

The Deception Dividend

FDR's Undeclared War

John Schuessler

Hosted by MIT Press
Sean Lynn-Jones, editor of International Security, interviews author John Schuessler, whose article "The Deception Dividend: FDR's Undeclared War" appears in the Spring 2010 issue of the journal. Their conversation tackles …
Diplomatic History March 14, 2023

Euromissiles

The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO

Susan Colbourn

Hosted by Grant Golub
In Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO (Cornell UP, 2022), Susan Colbourn tells the story of the height of nuclear crisis and the remarkable waning of the fear …
Eastern European Studies March 13, 2023

Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of Yugoslavia

State Connections and Patterns of Violence

Iva Vukušić

Hosted by Iva Glisic
Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of Yugoslavia: State Connections and Patterns of Violence (Routledge, 2022) examines the nature and functions of paramilitary units throughout the 1990s and their ties to the state …
Military History March 13, 2023

Birds of Prey

Hitler's Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland

Philip W. Blood

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
Birds of Prey: Hitler's Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland (Ibidem Press, 2021) is a microhistory of the Nazi occupation of Białowieźa Forest, Poland’s national park. The narrative …
Military History March 10, 2023

Conflict Archaeology, Historical Memory, and the Experience of War

Beyond the Battlefield

Mark Axel Tveskov and Ashley Ann Bissonnette

Hosted by Philip Blood
Mark Axel Tveskov and Ashley Ann Bissonnette's Conflict Archaeology, Historical Memory, and the Experience of War: Beyond the Battlefield (UP of Florida, 2023) presents approaches to the archaeology of war …
MIT Press Podcast March 8, 2023

The Native American Veterans of Connecticut's Volunteer Regiments and the Union Army

David Naumec

Hosted by MIT Press
Bill Fowler, Chair of The New England Quarterly Board of Directors, and author David Naumec discuss his article "From Mashantucket to Appomattox: The Native American Veterans of Connecticut's Volunteer Regiments …